Comments on: How to Use ‘Escape the Room’ games http://www.digitalplay.info/blog/2009/09/05/how-to-use-escape-the-room-games/ Computer games and language aims Sat, 24 Nov 2012 16:09:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Focus on genre: Escape the room games | Digital Play http://www.digitalplay.info/blog/2009/09/05/how-to-use-escape-the-room-games/#comment-517 Focus on genre: Escape the room games | Digital Play Fri, 04 May 2012 07:47:04 +0000 http://digitalplay.info/blog/?p=9#comment-517 [...] How to use Escape the Room games [...] [...] How to use Escape the Room games [...]

]]> By: grahamstanley http://www.digitalplay.info/blog/2009/09/05/how-to-use-escape-the-room-games/#comment-13 grahamstanley Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:20:52 +0000 http://digitalplay.info/blog/?p=9#comment-13 That's a good idea too, Chris - if you have more time, then this is definitely worth doing. The idea of providing the walkthrough as a reading or a listening activity introduces language in a more structured way, for times when you'd want to do that. Thanks for the link and the ideas - definitely worth exploring in more detail - perhaps in your blog? If so, I'll look out for the post. That’s a good idea too, Chris – if you have more time, then this is definitely worth doing. The idea of providing the walkthrough as a reading or a listening activity introduces language in a more structured way, for times when you’d want to do that.

Thanks for the link and the ideas – definitely worth exploring in more detail – perhaps in your blog? If so, I’ll look out for the post.

]]> By: Chris Johnson http://www.digitalplay.info/blog/2009/09/05/how-to-use-escape-the-room-games/#comment-12 Chris Johnson Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:06:46 +0000 http://digitalplay.info/blog/?p=9#comment-12 Me and my college roommate used to challenge each other with this sort of puzzle game, trying to get the fastest first run time. I had never thought of using them for language learning, though. I think it would be better for the student participants to collaborate on the solution (in the target language) rather than read the solution. However, your idea saves teacher time by taking pre-existing content and re-purposing it for learning. With a quick search I found the following "escape-" game where the solution involves a science experiment (somewhat). http://www.escapetheroomgames.net/play-11710-biologylabescape.html I think it would be even better if we had a game platform that required collaborative communication to effectively solve problems. Me and my college roommate used to challenge each other with this sort of puzzle game, trying to get the fastest first run time.

I had never thought of using them for language learning, though. I think it would be better for the student participants to collaborate on the solution (in the target language) rather than read the solution. However, your idea saves teacher time by taking pre-existing content and re-purposing it for learning.

With a quick search I found the following “escape-” game where the solution involves a science experiment (somewhat). http://www.escapetheroomgames.net/play-11710-biologylabescape.html

I think it would be even better if we had a game platform that required collaborative communication to effectively solve problems.

]]> By: grahamstanley http://www.digitalplay.info/blog/2009/09/05/how-to-use-escape-the-room-games/#comment-11 grahamstanley Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:00:12 +0000 http://digitalplay.info/blog/?p=9#comment-11 Thanks Jennifer - your encouragement is much appreciated! Thanks Jennifer – your encouragement is much appreciated!

]]> By: Jennifer http://www.digitalplay.info/blog/2009/09/05/how-to-use-escape-the-room-games/#comment-10 Jennifer Sun, 06 Sep 2009 22:46:48 +0000 http://digitalplay.info/blog/?p=9#comment-10 Thank you for always sharing your knowledge. Now ESL teachers will be able to teach and play at the same time. Congratulations on this wonderful blog :-) Jennifer Thank you for always sharing your knowledge. Now ESL teachers will be able to teach and play at the same time.
Congratulations on this wonderful blog :-)
Jennifer

]]> By: grahamstanley http://www.digitalplay.info/blog/2009/09/05/how-to-use-escape-the-room-games/#comment-9 grahamstanley Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:33:35 +0000 http://digitalplay.info/blog/?p=9#comment-9 Thanks for your kind words, Sean Thanks for your kind words, Sean

]]> By: Sean McMinn http://www.digitalplay.info/blog/2009/09/05/how-to-use-escape-the-room-games/#comment-8 Sean McMinn Sun, 06 Sep 2009 10:14:33 +0000 http://digitalplay.info/blog/?p=9#comment-8 Brilliant. And thanks for the new blog! Sean Brilliant. And thanks for the new blog!

Sean

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